5.05.2013

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LAST MONTH, Michael (my boss, mentor, creative partner and friend) and I spent a few days in Santa Cruz, immersing ourselves in our newest client—a natural foods store with 7 locations in northern California. Visiting as many stores as we could make it to in 3 short days involved lots of driving and music. Michael always has something new for me to listen to and once again found me my new favorite band. Lord Huron.

So. Much. Beauty. It literally made my heart ache. A feeling I can honestly say I've never in my entire life felt about a place. So yeah, if I could bottle up a feeling and sell it to you it would look and sound something like this...

2.11.2013

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I never felt magic crazy as this
I never saw moons knew the meaning of the sea
I never held emotion in the palm of my hand
Or felt sweet breezes in the top of a tree
But now you’re here
Brighten my northern sky

—Nick Drake

This is a recent piece I made using vintage book pages and a wallpaper sample from 1932. Titled "At Sea".
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12.18.2012

THIS YEAR for CHRISTMAS, my mother in law
gave me a box. In this box contained bits and pieces of everything paper
that I could ever love. How does someone do that for you? Give you a
box full of things you can't just go buy in a store? Give you a box full
of collections that likely took hundreds of hours hunting
for, sitting around for, sifting through and organizing? Give you a box
full of things that will stir a soul to know and show itself? I may
never fully comprehend any of this. All I can do is humbly thank the
universe for finding her—this woman who thinks enough of me to encourage
me and support me in every way a mother should do for her own
daughter.

12.11.2012

TWO WEEKS AGO I was lucky enough to participate in Hover Craft, a one day Milwaukee Art, Craft and Maker show. It was more than I could have hoped for, all around. The atmosphere, the people, the music, the goods—it was perfection. And I am so very grateful to the ladies of Hover Craft for putting on such an event. That was no simple task!

So for someone who doesn't find many opportunities to sell their artwork, being accepted to Hover Craft was the greatest motivator to really get my shit together and sort of curate my own mini gallery. And I have to admit, seeing over a year's worth of work pulled together into one spatial vision... tingles. Just an amazing sense of accomplishment and validation.

And now, since the experience is over, I feel like it's given me permission to move on and explore what's next. In the end, artistic discovery feeds an insatiable beast inside me. And she hungry.

8.09.2012

AND to THINK just a few months ago this was all a bunch of stuff in my imagination I convinced 4 people was a good idea... Still, this is very much a WOAH feeling for me. One that I could get used to, of course.

Love ya North Ave Grill. Thanks for letting me be a part of your new adventure. I wish you many, many years of success in a community I will always love ♥